There is also an official app [1] that you can use to photograph and track the mosaics you encounter. It also confirms if the design is indeed done by Invader.
I'm not competing on the leaderboard, but it's still a fun incentive to go instreets I don't usually go through to see if there is a design I haven't encountered yet.
Many years ago I had an idea for a mobile app that would effectively be an interactive tour for street art. Just a map with all known instances of public art, whether murals, quality graffiti, public sculptures, etc.
There is/was a space invader about 50m from my door in Budapest when I lived there.
It was pretty subtle and I’m sure most people walking by it didn’t even notice. I really liked it, especially the fact that it was impossible to know whether it was a Genuine Space Invader or merely a space invader.
I was in Marseille last week and saw a pixel art of a seagull carrying an invader and was wondering about the story behind it. I love it, thanks for sharing.
I don't live in London, but was there a few weeks ago and walked right by one of the buildings featured and didn't notice. Goes to show that you should always be looking up.
Meh - I'd say the previous one was much more important. Napoleon upending Europe's political & social order, similar in China as the Qing put down the White Lotus Rebellion, Volta inventing the electric battery, ...
There was an Invader alien somewhere around ground zero prior to the attack. His website used to have a picture of it.
Invader homepage: https://www.space-invaders.com/home/
There is also an official app [1] that you can use to photograph and track the mosaics you encounter. It also confirms if the design is indeed done by Invader.
I'm not competing on the leaderboard, but it's still a fun incentive to go instreets I don't usually go through to see if there is a design I haven't encountered yet.
[1] https://www.space-invaders.com/flashinvaders/
Many years ago I had an idea for a mobile app that would effectively be an interactive tour for street art. Just a map with all known instances of public art, whether murals, quality graffiti, public sculptures, etc.
Still seems like a good idea tbh.
Invader features early in this extraordinary street art documentary by Banksy:
https://youtu.be/IqVXThss1z4
Tangentially, Fleet Street has some other space invaders in the form of a plaque.
https://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/4-st-dunstan-s-cou...
There is/was a space invader about 50m from my door in Budapest when I lived there.
It was pretty subtle and I’m sure most people walking by it didn’t even notice. I really liked it, especially the fact that it was impossible to know whether it was a Genuine Space Invader or merely a space invader.
I was in Marseille last week and saw a pixel art of a seagull carrying an invader and was wondering about the story behind it. I love it, thanks for sharing.
I don't live in London, but was there a few weeks ago and walked right by one of the buildings featured and didn't notice. Goes to show that you should always be looking up.
I was in Switzerland on holiday and noticed some of these. Pretty fun, non-destructive and interesting.
Yikes, I can remember when turn of the century meant something different to what it does today.
My wife's student asked: "Is it ok if I quote a few papers from the end of the last century?"
Made me feel very old indeed!
I always use 'last millennium'. Makes it feel even worse.
It's called papyrus!
Meh - I'd say the previous one was much more important. Napoleon upending Europe's political & social order, similar in China as the Qing put down the White Lotus Rebellion, Volta inventing the electric battery, ...
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You mean the previous previous one?
Yeah, I guess so. My memory just ain't so good as it was, back in the day...
We saw these is Ravenna